February 19th, 2019

NEWBERG, Ore. – For a third straight year, George Fox University invites residents of Newberg and surrounding communities to get educated at the school’s Health and Wellness Week, scheduled March 11-16.

The event is designed to bring attention to the importance of health and wellness through nutrition, exercise, spine/back and behavioral health classes, as well as a pool party for children. All of the activities are free.

All four classes offered – on nutrition, spine/back care, behavioral health, and exercise –meet at 6 p.m. on successive nights at the university’s Roberts Center, located at 501 N. Villa Road.

Monday’s nutrition class will cover instruction on selecting heart-healthy foods, calorie budgeting, how to read food labels, strategies on maintaining or getting to a healthy weight, and how to cook healthy meals. Tuesday’s back/spine class will focus on both acute and chronic low-back pain as well as provide state-of-the-art innovative strategies for maintaining a healthy back.

On Wednesday, March 13, participants in the behavioral health class will learn simple and effective coping techniques to juggle the demands of life. The final classroom offering, Thursday’s exercise class, will focus on incorporating various exercises into a manageable lifelong habit. Several different exercise classes will be held concurrently that night and will be appropriate for all ages and abilities, covering topics such as balance, strengthening, aerobics and yoga.

Finally, Saturday’s “Pool-a-Palooza” swim for children is set from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Chehalem Aquatic Center, 1802 Hayworth Ave., in Newberg.

More information and registration links for classes are available at georgefox.edu/health. More information is also available by contacting Tyler Cuddeford, director of the university’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, at 503-554-2452.

The Health and Wellness Week, sponsored by George Fox in partnership with its Doctor of Physical Therapy program, hopes to bring attention to many of the health challenges common in Yamhill County. In 2016, for instance, 62.2 percent of the county’s adult population was considered “overweight” or “obese,” while heart disease (19 percent) was the second-leading cause of death in the county, according to Yamhill County Health and Human Services. The organization also reported that 7.5 percent of county residents were coping with diabetes in 2016.

“Many of these health challenges are preventable and can be reversed,” Cuddeford said. “This is our way of making people aware of that and, hopefully, giving them practical ways to overcome these kinds of health challenges.”

George Fox University is ranked by Forbes among the top Christian universities in the country and is a Christian college classified by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Regional University.” Money magazine ranked it the No. 1 school in Oregon in its 2017-18 “Best Colleges for Your Money” list. More than 4,000 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem and Redmond, Ore. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, six seminary degrees, and 13 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact:
Tyler Cuddeford
Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
George Fox University
503-554-2452